VOLUME 7 • ISSUE 18 • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 2018
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In celebration of Antiguan filmmakers and the culture of the island, the Commfest Arts and Culture Festival was held at the Lucie & Thorton Blackburn Conference Centre in the Distillery District. The festival ran from Oct 12th -15th and featured more than a dozen films within those days. The night included food, live performances, a discussion panel and a premiere screening of Dr. Noel Howell’s Little Rude Boys. A primarily Antiguan panel, it included the feature’s director Dr. Howell as well as Commffest Executive Director Sandie De Freitas, recently
sworn in Upper House Senator Daryll S. Matthew, TeleFilm financier Dan Lyon and Ophthalmologist Dr. Alvin Edwards. Consulate General Ann Marie Layne was also in attendance to support the growing festival with journalist Clifton Joseph, who would later perform a spoken word piece, as host of the night. They each spoke about the many challenges they’ve personally witnessed when a movie is looking for funding or promotion. “It’s hard to produce films in the Caribbean. Films and movies take years to do…places like Antigua where the government doesn’t
JELANI GRANT/TORONTO CARIBBEAN have funding, most of these filmmakers you see from the Caribbean are independent,” Joseph said. Most people in the Caribbean who are passionate about creating films know they will most likely have to do everything regarding the production of the film, on top of regular director responsibilities. Dr. Nowell said the film took about six weeks of production to complete but was finished at least five years ago, demonstrating the difficulty of bringing a movie to an audience. Continued On Page 7
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